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ADAR

ADAR noun: the enzyme adenosine deaminase that affects RNA, important in editing nuclear double stranded RNAs (from A to I) in higher eukaryotes, that work by acting to convert adenosines to insosines via hydrolytic deamination.

Noun

ADAR (countable and uncountable, plural ADARs)

  1. The enzyme adenosine deaminase that affects RNA, important in editing nuclear double stranded RNAs (from A to I) in higher eukaryotes, that work by acting to convert adenosines to insosines via hydrolytic deamination.

Proper noun capitalized: Adar

Adar

  1. (Judaism) The sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Shevat and before Nisan. See also Adar Sheni.

Forms of ADAR

pluralADARs
alternative formADA

Origin of ADAR

Derived from the initial letters of adenosine deaminase acting on RNA.

From Hebrew אֲדָר (adár). Doublet of Addaru.

Phrases with ADAR

Questions about ADAR

What does ADAR mean?
ADAR means the enzyme adenosine deaminase that affects RNA, important in editing nuclear double stranded RNAs (from A to I) in higher eukaryotes, that work by acting to convert adenosines to insosines via hydrolytic deamination.
What part of speech is ADAR?
ADAR can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ADAR?
The plural of ADAR is ADARs.

Words near ADAR in the dictionary

  1. adaptomics
  2. adaptor
  3. adaptorial
  4. adaptors
  5. adapts
  6. ADAR
  7. Adar Sheni
  8. Adara
  9. adarce
  10. adarces
  11. Adare

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